单词 | turbinal |
释义 | turbinal/ˈtəːbɪn(ə)l![]() noun (usually turbinals) Anatomy & Zoology Each of three thin curved shelves of bone in the sides of the nasal cavity in humans and other warm-blooded vertebrates, covered in mucous membrane.In mammals, the ethmoid ossifies to form the turbinals, convoluted bones in the nasal cavity that are covered by olfactory sense organs....
OriginLate 16th century (as an adjective in the sense 'top-shaped'): from Latin turbo, turbin- 'spinning top' + -al. |
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